For Your Binder
Seeing Children do More with Less
Toes not toys! # play # DAP # looseparts # teaching # learning # environment
The Benefits of the Mix
Children aren't born in litters, but we insist they be cared for in them! # DAP # mixedages # play # teaching # learning
2? 4? 6? Grouping Children to Promote Social and Emotional Development
See you at the steps! # DAP # teaching # learning
Setting Children Up to Hate Reading
The American Academy of Pediatrics reminds us that the critical factor as to how a student will learn to read “is not how aggressively,” the child is given instruction, but rather their “own enthusiasm for learning” yet still, we push. # DAP # reading # teaching # learning # pushdown # play # parenting
Sensory-Motor Reading Readiness for School
Dr. Johnson has seen children diagnosed with AD/HD or learning disabilities “miraculously” improve when they are taken out of “academic” kindergartens or given an extra year in a developmental kindergarten that emphasizes movement, play, and the integration of their sensory-motor systems. # DAP # play # teaching # learning # movement # reading # writing
When Children Are Not Read to at Home: The Million Word Gap
Conclusion? Home-based shared book reading represents an important resource for closing the word gap. This is a link to the study. # parenting # teaching # learning # books # stories # DAP # reading
Manifesto!
Here is the initial child centered manifesto that appeared on my original website! And guess what?!!? It is all still true! Only thing different is that now I have a whole book about it, not just a webpage!
The Importance of Play
A report on the value of children's play and a series of policy recommendations. This report is very UK/EU centric but the data points are still applicable, even some 10 odd years later! # play # DAP # teaching # learning # parenting
Do Preschool Teachers Value Block Play?
Get a bigger carpet! I'm making a track!!! In this session Lisa gives an overview of her masters thesis! # blocks # play # DAP # theorists # handouts
Students Who Lose Recess Are the Ones Who Need It Most
Despite evidence that play and social interactions are crucial to cognitive development, schools continue to take recess away. # recess # teaching # learning # outside # movement # DAP # pushdown
Conceptual split? Parents' and experts' perceptions of play in the 21st century
What say you mom?!?!!? # DAP # play # parenting # teaching # learning
The Vital Importance of a Strong Foundation: Why early learning matters
In this Not Just Cute blog post, author Amanda Morgan taps into the house metaphor I use in my PLAY book and uses true-to-life language (they were building a home at the time) that invokes both literal and figurative images of the importance of a strong foundation! # play # DAP # teaching # learning # parenting
